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Charlotte von Halle (née Joseph) * 1876

Eichenstraße 46 (Eimsbüttel, Eimsbüttel)

HIER WOHNTE
CHARLOTTE
VON HALLE
GEB. JOSEPH
JG. 1876
DEPORTIERT 1943
THERESIENSTADT
1944 AUSCHWITZ
ERMORDET

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Charlotte von Halle, née Joseph, born on 3.5.1876, deported to Theresienstadt ghetto on 10.3.1943, deported to Auschwitz on 15.5.1944 and murdered.

Eichenstraße 46, Rotherbaum

Charlotte Joseph was born to the Jewish couple Salomon Joseph and Sara Joseph, née Meyer. She saw the light of day on May 3, 1876 as the first of five children in Hamburg at Karolinenstraße 18 on St. Pauli. (Salomon Joseph died in Hamburg on March 12, 1918, and Sara Joseph on October 26, 1931. Both were buried in the Ilandkoppel Jewish Cemetery). We know nothing about the childhood of Charlotte Joseph.

She married Bernhard Philipp von Halle on October 23, 1896, in Hamburg at Registry Office 3. Bernhard von Halle had been born in Hamburg on December 1, 1872, the first of three children of Philipp von Halle and his wife Jeanette, née Josias, who were also Jewish. (Philipp von Halle died on May 7, 1888 in Hamburg, Jeanette von Halle on December 17, 1902 in Berlin. We do not know where Jeanette von Halle was buried. Philipp von Halle was buried in the Ilandkoppel Jewish Cemetery in Hamburg).

Charlotte and Bernhard von Halle lived from then on at Neanderstraße 37 in Berlin-Mitte. Here their children Ferdinand Philipp (born Nov. 15, 1897), Gertrud Betty (born Febr. 11, 1899), and Otto Bernhard (born Aug. 13, 1901) were born.

Bernhard von Halle was listed in the Hamburg address books from 1908 to 1917 as a "traveler" (representative of companies). He probably commuted between Berlin and Hamburg. The von Halle couple then lived in Hamburg at Hoheluftchaussee 86 in 1908, and at Tegetthoffstraße 8 in Eimsbüttel in 1909.

Bernhard von Halle registered as a member of the Jewish Community of Hamburg on June 3, 1912. The family now lived at Rutschbahn 5 in the Rotherbaum district until 1917. In 1918, Bernhard von Halle set up his own wine and spirits business at Mercurstraße 3 on St. Pauli (the street no longer exists).

Restless years followed, during which the business as well as the private apartment changed address again and again: in 1919, he moved the liquor store to Böhmkenstraße 9-10 in Hamburg's Neustadt, then the business and private apartment to Grindelhof 50. The family settled at Eichenstraße 81 on St. Pauli from 1921 to 1922.

Bernhard von Halle also joined a mail-order liquor company, Lazare Buteau & Co, owned by Otto Niedermanner, as a partner, which he entered in the commercial register on July 6, 1922. On September 22, 1922, Otto Friedrich Salein was added as an additional partner.

The liquor store was located at Weidenallee 2-4 in Eimsbüttel from 1921 to 1927. The liquor business apparently went so well that he opened a branch at Humboldtstraße 3 in Barmbek-Süd in 1921. He closed this again after a short time, but in 1923 he opened branches at Mühlenstraße 50 in Wandsbek, Hamburgerstraße 108 in Barmbek-South, Billhorner Röhrendamm 111b in Rothenburgsort, Beim Grünen Jäger and Margaretenstraße 40 in Eimsbüttel. However, during this hyperinflationary period, he had to close all branches except Beim Grünen Jäger the following year.

During this time, Charlotte von Halle had raised the children, who had left her parents' home in the meantime, and managed the household. Whether she was also active in her husband's business, or whether she was active after the children had left home, is something we do not know, nor do we know anything else about her life during these years.

Charlotte and Bernhard von Halle continued to constantly change their residential and business address: from 1925 to 1926, they lived at Gryphiusstraße 1 in Winterhude, and two years later, their liquor store and apartment were located at Ludolfstraße 42 in Eppendorf. From 1928, the von Halle couple lived at Sonnenau No. 4 in Eilbek.

Bernhard von Halle died on August 28, 1930, in the Eppendorf hospital. He was buried in the Jewish cemetery Ilandkoppel. On April 25, 1931, the business Lazare Buteau & Co. was deleted from the commercial register.

The widowed Charlotte von Halle was now 54 years old and obviously not very well off. In the address books, there is no information on Charlotte von Halle's place of residence for the years 1932 to 1936; presumably she was living somewhere as a subtenant. In 1937 she registered again with an apartment at Isestraße 35, moved in 1939 to Isestraße 75, and in 1940 to the Warburg Stift at Bundesstraße 43. In this Foundation, Jewish people living in poor circumstances could find housing without distinction of denomination. (In 1941 it was declared a "Judenhaus" by the city administration, and in 1943 the building burned down. Today, the former monastery houses a university institute).

On September 15, 1942, Charlotte von Halle had to move to the former Jewish Hospital, now a "Judenhaus," at Schäferkampsallee 25-27. There she received the deportation order for March 10, 1943.

Since she was older than 65, the deportation destination was Theresienstadt. Together with her, 49 other people were deported there. Her train arrived on March 12, 1943. Charlotte von Halle lived in the "old people's ghetto" for more than a year.

On May 15, 1944, Charlotte von Halle, now 68 years old, was deported to Auschwitz, where she was probably murdered on the day of her arrival.

The fate of the children of Bernhard and Charlotte von Halle:
Ferdinand Philipp von Halle (born Nov. 15, 1897) had married Frieda Marie Sophie Neffle (born Nov. 1, 1906) on Dec. 21, 1933. The couple fled to Brazil in 1938. Ferdinand Philipp von Halle died on June 22, 1952 in the cancer hospital in Santa Kruz in Sao Paulo.

Gertrud Betty von Halle (born Febr. 11, 1899) had married Oscar Louis von Halle (born Oct. 1, 1886) on 26 July 1918. She died on January 26, 1919 in Hamburg and was buried in the Jewish cemetery Ilandkoppel. In his second marriage, Oscar Louis von Halle married Henriette Cohn (born March 29, 1896) on May 31, 1920. The couple had two children Hans Jürgen (born May 7, 1921) and Gerd Siegmund (born Dec. 2, 1922). Hans Jürgen von Halle was murdered in Mauthausen, Oscar Louis von Halle on January 31, 1944 in Auschwitz (see www.stolpersteine-hamburg.de.) Henriette and Gerd Siegmund von Halle survived the Nazi period and then emigrated to the USA.

Otto Bernhard von Halle (born Aug. 13, 1901) had married the non-Jewish Erna Marie Frieda Koops (born July 10, 1906) on Aug. 13, 1932. The couple had three children: Xenia von Halle (born Sept. 21, 1929), Bernhard von Halle (born Apr. 13, 1931) and Irmgard von Halle (born Apr. 21, 1936). The couple divorced. Otto Bernhard von Halle moved with his children to Fürstenwalde on June 26, 1934. There he married the non-Jewish Klara Anna Liesbeth Bischoff (born Apr. 3, 1912) on 29 December 1934. She died in the Anhalter Bahnhof air-raid shelter in Berlin on April 27, 1945. In 1945 Otto Bernhard von Halle moved back to Hamburg and died on December 8, 1956.

On the fate of Bernhard Philipp von Halle's siblings:
Jette von Halle (born Jan. 9, 1868) had married Isidor Salinger (born April 29, 1863) on March 15, 1910. She died on May 28, 1939 in Berlin. Isidor Salinger was deported to Auschwitz on March 2, 1943 and murdered.

Ferdinand von Halle (born November 28, 1870) had married Rieke Rosenthal (born September 11, 1872) in Berlin on December 24, 1904. He died in the First World War. Rieke von Halle died in Theresienstadt on August 28, 1942. A Stolperstein was laid for Rika (as she was called) von Halle at Niebuhrstraße 62. (see www.stolpersteine-berlin.de)

On the fate of Charlotte von Halle's siblings:
Betsy Joseph (born June 4, 1877) died in Hamburg on November 5, 1878.

Rosalie Joseph (born Aug. 8, 1878) had married the mayor Martin Horwitz (born Sept. 27, 1876) on March 20, 1914. The couple lived in Breslau. Rosalie Horwitz died on February 25, 1920 and was buried in Hamburg at the Jewish Cemetery Ilandkoppel.

Johanna Joseph (born Apr. 4, 1880) had married Abraham Riegel (born Dec. 12, 1872) on June 29, 1911. We do not know when they died.

Max Marcus Joseph (born July 20, 1885) had married Gretchen Rebecca Daltrop (born Oct. 6, 1893) on June 13, 1913. The marriage was divorced on August 29, 1925. He was able to escape to the USA and died in Los Angeles on November 27, 1963.

Translation by Beate Meyer
Stand: February 2022
© Bärbel Klein

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